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Nearly but not quite: musings on playing with Amazon Online Reader

August 29th, 2006 · 3 Comments · Four pillars

In writing my previous post, I really wanted to get the quote from Po Bronson’s Bombardiers right. So first off I looked for the book in my library, and couldn’t find it. Probably packed away already, I’m in the process of moving house. Oh well.
So I thought I’d try Amazon Online Reader. Found the book [...]

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Is there a Gresham’s Law for information?

August 29th, 2006 · 14 Comments · Four pillars

The kernel for this post is a comment and a question from Stephen Smoliar on a recent post of mine. [I think this post should come with a health warning on its length and its subject matter. You have been warned :-) ]
Gresham’s Law, simply put, states that Bad Money Drives Out Good.
If there is [...]

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